Regal Darner Dragonfly

This photograph, taken at Arch Creek Memorial Park in North Miami, Florida (just east of Enchanted Forest Park) is of a Regal Darner Dragonfly. The shot was taken with a Nikon D90 camera body attached to a Nikkor 60mm 2.8 lens, a Tamron 2x teleconverter and a macro light ring.

The Regal Darner dragonfly (Coryphaeschna ingens) is a large dragonfly growing to a length of approximately 3 1/2 inches. The thorax of the Regal Darner dragonfly is green with brown stripes. Its abdomen is brown with narrow green wings above.The eyes are green in immature males or blue in females. The wings of the Regal Darner are transparent.

The usual habitat of the Regal Darner dragonfly are lakes, slow moving streams, and woods.

I am an avid hiker, explorer and photographer living in Florida for the past 20+ years. I enjoy photographing all wildlife and that of the natural world.
Currently, I work a 9-5 as a profiler and graphics coordinator for a major online website, but at every opportunity, can be found somewhere traipsing about in the Everglades or in some wooded part of Florida and beyond, following game trails, and exploring new areas where man has least traveled.

This is not a regal darner it looks more like some clubtail species, darners eyes make contact with no noticeable separation Clubtails have a gap between the eyes as this one does, I am not familiar with all the species you have in florida but it’s not a darner